Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi on Thursday morning visited the site of the N3 bridge collapse‚ just hours after the road was reopened well ahead of schedule. Initially‚ it was estimated that the highway — which was completely blocked in both directions near the Geldenhuys interchange — was expected to be closed for two days. But demolition teams and clean-up crews had it cleared and open to traffic by 6am on Thursday. Five people were injured in the collapse. Two of them have been discharged from hospital, but one of them is in a medically induced coma. Maswanganyi was on the site shortly before 7am‚ conducting an inspection with members of the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) board‚ Sanral CEO Skhumbuzo Macozoma‚ senior officials of the Gauteng roads and transport department and the Ekurhuleni municipality. Sanral confirmed that its teams worked through the night to have the road cleared. "Sanral engineers and its demolition team worked flat-out yesterday until just...
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